Community Support Specialist - MYPAC - Olive Branch, MS

The Community Support Specialist (CSS) is a vital care service based on the individual needs of children and their families. The CSS is responsible for delivering an array of accommodating community services, assessing and linking children and families with social, educational, vocational, and recreational services. Collaboratively working with children and families, the CSS provides precise, measurable, and individual services that focus on the child’s and family’s abilities to assimilate within their community as well as to identify and access community services.

Job Responsibilities

• Affords children and families to gain access to needed community support services including, but not limited to, education, medical, social, vocational, recreational, therapeutic, and other social services.
• Assesses the strengths and service needs of the children and families.
• Develops specific, measurable, individualized interventions and services to meet needs and measure progress.
• Provides transportation for families in a safe and responsible manner.
• Directs services in the home, school, and community whenever possible.
• Provides and coordinates social services that are child-focused and build on the family and community strengths.
• Provides crisis intervention services as needed within the scope of role and competency.
• Develops and maintains a comprehensive, up-to-date community support resource manual.
• Implements service interventions based on the ISP and documents in Evolv.
• Implements evidence-based practices and interventions when possible.
• Completes necessary documentation for each child and family based on program guidelines.
• Demonstrates flexibility and works with the family based on the family’s schedule, their availability, and convenience, which may require working some evenings and weekends.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in social work or related field and at least two years of experience working directly with children and families.
• Must meet the minimum requirements to be certified through the Mississippi Department of Mental Health as a Community Support Specialist.
• Demonstrate competence implementing evidenced-based practices, best practices working with children and families.
• Demonstrate competence in completing reports related to payment for services provided.
• Computer skills required.
• Must be available to work a flexible schedule to accommodate evening and weekend hours, as needed, to meet job responsibilities.
• Must be at least 21 years of age, have a valid Mississippi driver license, a good driving record, proof of legally appropriate auto liability insurance, and must be willing to use personal vehicle, as needed, for agency business.